Ash tray and receptacle



s. MEYER. ASH TRAY AND RECEPTACLE. APPLICATION FILED AUG-6,1920.

1,422,879, Patented July 18, 1922.

S :IIVVENTOH BY 2 A TTORNEYS err sr're T t Fl SIEGFRIED MEYER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ASH TRAY AND BEGEPTACLE.

essrs.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 18, 1922.

Application filed August 6, 1920. Serial No. 401,699.

citizen of the United States. and resident of New York, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in Ash Trays and Re- ('eptacles, fication.

The main object of this invention is to provide means for supporting an ash tray at a number of convenient places in a room so that a smoker will not be obliged to get up from his chair an d walk a distance to the tray. To accomplish this I provide an ash tray support of novel design which may be attached to a chair, a window sill, a piano, or any other article of furniture or part of the room.

Another object is to provide a safety means against fire by placing one of said supports next to a window, either attached to the frame or the sill, for then a smoker will deposit his match or cigar or cigarette butt in the tray and will not toss it through the window and thus endanger the safety of the curtains, awnings or passersby in the street.

' The above and other objects will become apparent in the description below, in which like characters of reference refer to likenamed parts in the drawings.

Referring briefly to the drawings, Fig. 1 is a view of the interior of a room, showing the application of my device.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of my complete device.

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of the same.

Fig. 4-. is a fragmentary sectional, view of my novel tray, showing the manner of its releasable attachment to the support.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view of the support.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, the numeral 1 represents'the base plate of my support, having holes 2 therein for. the passage of screws or other fastening means.

of which the follow is a Speck A horizontal stem 3 extends outward from the plate, and uprights l extend from the stem in spaced relation. Slotted resilient heads 5 are provided on the uprights, which may be hollow. In place of the resilient heads springs of wire or hands may be provided, particularly for use upon upholstered furniture.

The tray or receptacle 6 may be of any desired form, and is provided with hollow legs 7 having an interior form adapted to snap upon the heads 5 of the uprights l, the tray thus being held securely and releasably. In order to remove the tray the same is simply lifted up off the uprights.

The tray or receptacle 6 may also be used as a depository for refuse such as fruit skins and pits. thereby eliminating the need of an additional receptacle.

In Fig. 1 exemplary applications of my device are illustrated, the same being shown attached to a chair 9 and the side of a piano 8. The position of attachment on the piano or chair may be selected at will.

In use the room is provided with a number of my attachments, say one on the window sill, one on the piano, if there is one, another on a chair, and others on various other articles and at other locations. Since the tray and receptacle may be removed readily from one of the supports to another, these supports are permanently attached, and a number of trays may be used with a greater number of supports.

I claim:

A device of the class described comprising a base plate, a horizontal stem rigid to and extending rigidly therefrom, uprights extending in spaced apart relation from said stem, resilient heads on said uprights, and a tray or receptacle having hollow elements to removably engage over said heads.

Signed at New York, in the county of Bronx and State of New York this 16th day of June A. D. 1920.

SIEGFRIED MEYER. 

